La Martinique
FInd out more about the island of MARTINIQUE
You are traveling to MARTINIQUE for your fall break. You will be there at least one week. You may stay longer if you wish. Write a travel account of your trip. Include the following information in your report. Keep track of the sites you take the information from and list them at the end of your journal. Use citationmachine.net (MLA format) to reference your sources.
Location:
1. Where is the island located,
2. Describe its geography, include the names and location of mountain ranges,
rivers and other important geographical sites,
3. Give the names of 3 major cities and their location relative to the capital city,
4. Give the names of the surounding small islands that are part of Gudeloupe.
5. Describe the climate you will experience at this time of the year.
6. What kind of special celebrations are available in the area? It may be something that takes place at another time of the year and might be a reason to return to Martiniqe,
Visit:
From Fort de France, where you arrive, you will travel to three other locations of your choice. Choose the places so that you will begin and end in Fort de France. Make sure that you includes Fort de France as well. Choose a method of transportation that will allow you to see as much of the countryside as possible, by car, by bus, by bicycle on foot...
Begin with brief history of the island, how and why it came to be a DOM.
Find a picture of each of the cities or sites you are visiting, comment on what it represents, why you are there and give some details of your visit there. Illustrate with pictures of what you see aong the way. Also, don’t forget to bring back a typical souvenir of the country.
Don't forget to eat. Go to one of the food sites and find the recipe of something you ate and really enjoyed. Include a copy of the recipe in your report. (Possible food feast)
Post Card:
Now that you are in the middle of your trip to Martinique, it is time to sent a post card to your French teacher, “en français”, of course. Choose one of your pictures for your letter. On the "back" of your post card, write a message saying where you are, what you did, what the picture shows and what you liked about the visit. Give the weather and how much longer you are going to stay in Martinique. Your goal is 25-30 well written sentences in French. Pay attention to grammar, verb tenses... talk about what you have visited and done and what you are going to do during the remainder of your trip. You want to be as descriptive as possible. You need to make me see what you see with all the details necessary to accomplish this.
Next:
Find pictures of the national and regional flags, maps, one of Martinique showing major rivers cities, one for each city you visit as well as any pictures you find interesting of what you visit. Make sure to refer to each one in your report. Answer questions completely with relevant details. Put you information together in paragraph form. Double-space the paragraphs, use size 12 font.
SITES TO USE but there are many others:
General Information:
1. http://www.martinique.org
2. http://en.webcaraibes.com/martinique/history.html
3. http://www.iexplore.com/dmap/Martinique/History
4. http://martinique-guide.info/past.and.present/history/
5. http://gocaribbean.about.com/od/martinique/bb/martinique.htm
Travel Information:
1. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/martinique
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinique
3. http://www.european-schoolprojects.net/festivals/Martinique/cuisine/cuisine_ecadre.htm
4. http://www.cieux.com/martinique/
Food:
1. http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,food_from_martinique,FF.html
2. http://recipes.wikia.com/wiki/Martiniquais_Cuisine
3. http://www.fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=martinique